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Sandra (Sandy Kristal)

Sandra Kristal was born on January 26, 1954 and is the eldest child of Edward and Edith Groyer of Cape Town, South Africa.

She is the niece of Mace Neufeld and Professor I N Marks (to name a few). She pioneered the care of those with developmental disabilities before the overturn of Apartheid in South Africa. She used her skills in Psychiatry to create programs which worked - with the mentally challenged, behaviorally challenged as well as those who had been overlooked by the S A Government through 1997. Sandra was also the first occupational therapist to work in "nursing homes" in the Cape Town Area, specifically the Cape Jewish Aged Home where she was a clinician and a lecturer to students and undergraduates of the Universities of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape and UNISA.

Always a maverick, she started reading before the age of 12 months and was writing by the age of 18 months. She attained her first degree at the age of eleven whilst a pupil at Wynberg Girls High School. She has always a precocious child who is sadly misunderstood to this day,

She lives in Texas and works furiously as a writer, ghostwriter, editor and therapist. She is also a performing artiste who has worked

with greats such as Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Debby Reynolds and Dave Brubeck.

Since her invitation to the USA in 1997 she has worked as an Occupational Therapist, Chief Occupational Therapist and Team Lead in most clinical settings.

She has also created her own practice.

Sandy took on Occupational Therapy following her years of Medical School in Observatory, Cape Town. She is said to have felt "limited" in creativity as an MD. She switched to the School of Occupational Therapy and became one of four people to ever graduate from the School of Occupational Therapy with a Master's Degree in OT, Psychiatry and Human Behavior.

As a creative soul she continued playing piano nights (and days) and has travelled the world doing just that.

She currently works as a Ghostwriter in the USA and continues to strive for equality for all humankind.

She has recently taken on a few topics here on Wikipedia to broaden her knowledge!

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